Asset Managers – Page 260

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    Morley launches real estate trading facility

    2006-05-22T03:35:00Z

    REAL ESTATE - Morley Fund Management has unveiled a UK “trading facility” for its own unlisted real estate funds. (This article first appeared on www.iperealestate.com)

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    Ageing will change investment behaviour - study

    2006-05-19T03:35:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - The ageing of the population in Europe will probably lead to lower demand for equities and a higher appetite for bonds, says Dutch research institute Iris.

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    German Spezialfonds grow by €46bn – BVI

    2006-05-19T02:50:00Z

    GERMANY – Investor inflows to German institutional funds (Spezialfonds) in the year to March 31 totalled €46bn, helping to bring the total volume of these funds to €635bn, according to German fund industry association BVI.

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    Stockholm tenders pensions administration

    2006-05-18T03:07:00Z

    SWEDEN – The city of Stockholm is tendering a roughly SEK30m (€3.2m) four-year occupational pension administration contract.

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    FTSE research director Beckley departs

    2006-05-18T03:04:00Z

    GLOBAL – FTSE Group’s research and development director Carl Beckley is leaving the index provider after almost eight years to join Record Currency Management.

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    UK’s Kent County Council rejigs manager roster

    2006-05-17T04:37:00Z

    UK - The roughly £2.3bn (€3.4bn) Kent County Council pension scheme has axed Goldman Sachs Asset Management from a roughly £350m UK and overseas equities mandate amidst a strategic asset reshuffle at the scheme.

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    CalPERS names 11 new managers

    2006-05-17T03:53:00Z

    GLOBAL – The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the $210bn (€163.8bn) public pensions giant, has selected 11 active international equity managers to manage portfolios in developed and emerging markets.

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    Ex-JP Morgan’s Bourgi joins asset-backed firm

    2006-05-17T03:50:00Z

    UK – Ramy Bourgi, the former co-head of JP Morgan’s European custody business, has been appointed business development director at Cambridge Place Investment Management.

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    AXA Rosenberg wins €370m AP7 mandate

    2006-05-17T03:33:00Z

    SWEDEN - AXA Rosenberg says it has been awarded a €320m pan-European equities mandate by SEK68bn Swedish buffer fund Sjunde AP-fonden.

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    SEB hit as asset management CEO quits

    2006-05-17T03:33:00Z

    SWEDEN – Harry Klagsbrun, chief executive of SEB Asset Management, has quit to join private equity firm EQT Partners as a senior partner.

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    Barclays Global Investors’ ETF head Lavine exits

    2006-05-17T03:33:00Z

    EUROPE – Bruce Lavine, head of Europe at Barclays Global Investors’ iShares exchange-traded funds arm, has left.

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    ING IM to re-enter German institutional market

    2006-05-17T03:31:00Z

    GERMANY – The asset management arm of Dutch bank ING says it is planning to open an office in Germany – most likely Frankfurt – for a renewed assault on the German institutional market.

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    Norway global fund set to top €218bn

    2006-05-16T03:44:00Z

    NORWAY – Norway’s Government Pension Fund – Global, the former Petroleum Fund, is set to grow to about NOK1.7trn (€218.4bn) by the end of this year.

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    Dutch insurers oppose mandatory industry schemes

    2006-05-16T03:44:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Dutch insurers have voiced their opposition to the mandatory participation of company pension schemes in industry-wide pension funds.

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    T. Rowe nabs Insight institutional chief Millar

    2006-05-15T03:57:00Z

    UK – Stephen Millar, director of institutional business development at Insight Investments, has quit to join T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services as consultant relations chief for Europe.

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    Insight, Russell team up to offer LDI

    2006-05-15T03:47:00Z

    UK – Insight Investments and Russell Investment Group have teamed up to offer customised liability-driven investment solutions to mid-sized UK pension funds.

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    Sal. Oppenheim buys into UK hedge funds

    2006-05-15T03:31:00Z

    GERMANY – Sal. Oppenheim, a German private bank, has acquired sizeable stakes in London-based hedge fund providers Attica Alternative Investments (AAI) and Integrated Asset Management (IAM). Financial details were not disclosed.

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    New German asset management consultancy launched

    2006-05-15T03:17:00Z

    GERMANY – Two former executives at fund administrator BHW Invest have launched a new consulting firm targeted mainly at German asset managers.

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    Railpen names head of investment management

    2006-05-15T03:16:00Z

    UK - Railpen Investments, which runs the £17bn (€24.9bn) industry-wide Railways Pension Scheme, has named the Wellcome Trust's Keith Shepherd to the new role of head of investment management.

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    KAS Bank to open German office

    2006-05-12T03:33:00Z

    EUROPE – KAS Bank is due to open an office in Germany in the second half of this year, according to managing director Laurens Vis.